Shirt-waist holder.



Patented Dec. i6, I902.

F. S. & A. E. MILLER.

SHIRT WAIST HOLDER.

Application filed May 22. 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITE STATE PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK S. MILLER AND ANNE E. MILLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHIRT-WAIST HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,833, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed May 22, 1902. erial No. 108,458. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, FREDERICK S. MILLER and ANNE E. MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shirt-Waist Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Ourinvention relates to wearing-apparel, and more particularly to shirt-waist holders.

The object of our invention is to provide a body without discomfort or unsightly projec-,

tions, and by means of which also the necessity for employing separate tightly-girded belts may be entirely dispensed with.

Our invention consists in the means we employ to practically accomplish this object or result-that is to say, it consists, essentially, in connection with a shirt-waist and a skirt having a band, of a holder-shield of light flexible metal attached to the skirt-band and provided with an outwardly extending or projecting offset or shoulder fitting under the lower edge of the skirt-band and a hookshield having its free end curved and adapted to receive a loop attached to the shirt-waist at the waist-line or lower part thereof, the hook-shield being shorter in length than the holder-shield to facilitate its insertion in the loop, and the breadth and length of the shields serving to maintain the shields in a flat position and close together by the pressure of the body on the one side and of the skirt on the other side thereof to prevent accidental disengagement. shield fits under the skirt-band, the strain of the loop on the shirt-waist comes directly.

against the lower edge of the skirt-band, thus keeping the holder as an entirety always below the skirt-band and relieving the stitches or fastening devices by which the holder is attached to the lower edge of the skirt-band from strain and at the same time preventing As the shoulder on theholder-.

all possibility of the shirt-Waist from slipping up or the skirt-band from slipping down and gaping or sagging. tached to the skirt-band either permanently, as by stitches, or removably by a suitable loop, the latter being the preferable construction with Wash-skirts. The holder is preferably stamped up from sheet metal in one piece, the holder-shields and hook-shields being formed by doubling the blank upon itself. If preferred, however, the holdershields and hook-shields may be of skeleton form and of wire.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a back view showing a shirt-waist and skirt with our improvement applied, the same appearing in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation, the skirt and skirt-band being removed and indicated in dotted lines, and showing the hook-shields inserted through the loops on the waistband. Fig. 3 is acentral vertical section through the loop of the Waistband and showing an edge view of the holder. Fig. at is a horizontal section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section through the holder and through the eyelets or holes for the thread by which the holder is attached to the skirt-band. Fig. 6 illustrates a modification in which the holder is removably attached to the skirt-band. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modification in which the holder is made of skeleton form and of wire. Fig. Sisa section similar to Fig. 5, showing a modification; and Fig. 9 is a rear View showing the edges or flaps of the skirt turned back.

In the drawings like letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, A re presents a shirt-Waist, and a the lower or waist-line portion thereof, to which the loops are attached, and B a skirt having a customary band I), and G O are the loops, attached to the waist at the lower portion thereof.

D represents a long flat flexible holdershield having an outwardly-projecting offset or shoulder (1 near its upper edge, adapted to fit and bear against the lower edge of the skirt-band b, and preferably made of thin sheet metal and about one inch in width and from three to four inches in length to afiord the necessary broad fiat bearing face or sur- The holder may be atface against the skirt and body, the same being flexible to enable it to properly conform to the contour or curvature of the body while maintaining itself in a smooth and parallel position in respect thereto, and F is a hookshield similar in construction to the holdershield and preferably formed in one piece therewith,but differing from the holder-shield in being shorter in length and in having a curved and slightly-bent end f to facilitate its insertion in the loops 0 of the waist.

The holder D F as an entirety is attached either permanently or removably to the skirtband I) at the lower edge thereof. Except on wash-skirts it is preferably permanently attached by stitching d, the threads being inserted through suitable holes d and which are preferably furnished with eyelets d to render the surface of the hole smooth and to prevent cutting of the threads. The eyelets d may be made integral with the holders D F, as illustrated in Fig. 8, or in a separate piece, as illustrated in Fig. 5. Where the holder is to be attached to wash-skirts it is preferably removably so attached by means of a loop Z) on the skirt-band embracing the neck d of an extension d on the upper end of the holder. The top of the neck d is preferably made in crescent shape at to facilitate its introduction into the loop b and to allow space for attaching the hook and eye commonly used to connect the two ends of the skirt-band together.

In cases where the holder is made of wire, as illustrated in Fig. '7, both the holder-shield D and the hook-shield F are of skeleton form, and the eyes or holes (1 are preferably formed of loops (1 in the connecting cross-wire d Preferably two holders are applied to each skirt, one right and the other leftthat is to say, the curved endsfof the hook-shields F projecting away from each other.

The flexible holder-shield is made longer than the hook-shield, so as to overlap the same and give proper surface and bearing for the skirt against the holder an an entirety and the hook-shield being also shorter in order to facilitate its insertion in the loop.

We claim 1. The combination with a shirt-waist furnished with a pair of loops at or near the waist-line, of a skirt having a band and a pair of long flexible shields attached to the skirtband at the lower edge thereof and projecting downwardly therefrom, and each provided with a shoulder or ofi'set fitting below and bearing against the lower edge of the skirt-band,and a pair of shorter flexible hookshields connected thereto respectively and fitting within the loops of the shirt-waist, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a waist furnished with a loop at waist-line, and a skirt having a band, of a long, broad, flexible holdershield provided with an offset or shoulder fitting under and bearing against the skirtband, and a long, flexible hook-shield fitting within the loop on the waist, the pressure of the skirt against the holder and hook shields keeping the same closed and in smooth, flat position, said holder and hook shields fitting below the skirt-band and projecting downwardly therefrom, substantially as specified.

3. The shirt-waist holder comprisinga long,

broad, flexible holder-shield furnished with an offset or shoulder fitting below and hearing against the skirt-band and a corresponding hook-shield, said holder and hook shields fitting below the skirt-band and projecting down wardly therefrom ,substantially as specified.

4. The shirt-waist holder comprisinga long, broad, flexible holder-shield furnished with an offset or shoulder fitting below and bearing against the skirt-band and a corresponding hook-shield, said hook-shield having a curved lower end, said holder and hook shields fitting below the skirt-band and projecting downwardly therefrom, substantially as specified.

5. The shirt-waist holder comprisinga long, broad, flexible holder-shield furnished with an offset or shoulder fitting below and bearing against the skirt-band and a corresponding hook-shield, said holder being furnished with 5 means for attaching the same to the skirtband, said holder shield fitting below the skirt-band and projecting downwardly therefrom, substantially as specified.

0. A shirt-Waist holder adapted to be attached to the skirt-band and provided with an oifset or shoulder fitting under and bearing against the skirt-band and with means for engaging and holding the loop of the waistband, said holder fitting below the skirt-band and projecting downwardly therefrom, substantially as specified.

7. A shirt-waist holder comprising a long flexible holder shield having an ofiset or shoulder fitting under and bearing against the skirt-band and a hook-shield made in one piece with the holder-shield, said holder and hook shields fitting below the skirt-band and projecting downwardly therefrom, substantially as specified.

S. The combination with a skirt and its band, of a shirt-waist holder fitting under and bearing against the skirt-band and projecting downwardly from the lower edge thereof, substantially as specified.

9. Y The combination with a skirt and its band, of the shirt-waist holder fitting under and bearing against the band and projecting downwardly from the lower edge thereof and provided with a hook-shield, substantially as specified.

FREDERICK S. MILLER. ANNE E. MILLER.

WVitnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, WM. GEIGER.

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